The Whitman Street home of Ashley Everett, who lived there for 90 years, will be the future site of Norway Equitable Housing Cooperative.
Nicole Carter
Staff Writer
Nicole joined Sun Journal’s Western Maine Weeklies group in 2019 as a staff writer for the Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser. Later she moved over to the Advertiser Democrat where she covers Oxford Hills communities and School Administrative District 17. She seizes every opportunity to research and write about local history and she enjoys writing features that leave readers with a smile. Nicole graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern Maine with a B.A. in history and concentration in creative writing. She held audience development and marketing positions at several Maine-based trade media companies in the Portland area before taking on community news. When not working she is an avid reader and fiber artist and enjoys observing local wildlife, from snakes and blue frogs to large game and carnivores. She and her husband, Greg, share their secluded homestead in Peru with an assortment of cats, dogs, alpacas and chickens.
The house that Cash (and friends) built
With the help and support of many friends, Jacob Cash of Norway is realizing the dream of milling and building his timber frame home.
CEBE targets affordable housing with the Norway Equitable Housing Cooperative project
A tenant-owned cooperative housing complex will replace dilapidated buildings on Whitman Street in Norway.
Oxford board hears complaints about unsafe, unhealthy properties
Residents allege officials are not enforcing the town’s Property Maintenance Ordinance.
Authorities seek information on missing Buckfield teen
Hannah Thomas, 15, has been missing since July 16 from a friend’s home in Buckfield.
St Mary Church in Oxford celebrates 100 years
Original congregants held mass in the living room of John Quinn, the man who would eventually donate property for the church.
Building committees for AG, OHMS meet with architects
Both schools were placed on Maine Department of Education’s priority list for replacement eligibility last summer.
Teen baker opens lunch cafe at McLaughlin Garden in Paris
PARIS — One of the youngest principals of Valley View Orchard Pies in Oxford is on her way to running the family business, selling her homemade lunches this summer at McLaughlin Garden and Homestead on Main Street. Angelena Dunham, 17, began working at the family business when she was 14. She entered the culinary arts […]
McLaughlin Garden hosting annual outdoor air fair August 5
Admission to the fair is free and visitors are invited to help create community art project in weaving, rock painting and gel printing. Hours will be 10 a.m.-4 p.m..